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[CW] Write a short poem in Morse Code, and after that, write a story around it...

Submitted by Thainexylon t3_zuka6p on December 24, 2022 at 10:21 PM

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[WP] Oh I know exactly what this is! And I'm showing up for only two reasons: First, it will be incredibly entertaining and second because I'm immortal.

Submitted by ivanbin t3_zu919o on December 24, 2022 at 12:38 PM

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[OT] Can I have some help finding a specific prompt?

Submitted by ArbitraryChaos13 t3_zuatks on December 24, 2022 at 2:23 PM

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[WP] You inherited a small pizza place, your date is a Mafia boss, both of you bond over the difficulties of the family business

Submitted by PotentialSmell t3_zqxad7 on December 20, 2022 at 7:30 PM

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[WP] You are a superhero who decided to not have a secret identity. In fact, you don't even have a costume, you regularly fight crime in you work clothes. Yet the media and your enemies act like they don't know who you are. Even your friends seem to forget unless you remind them.

Submitted by silentreader90 t3_ztonzw on December 23, 2022 at 6:11 PM

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[WP] Nobody really wants to stop the local supervillain, for one nobody ever gets hurt in their wacky schemes, and two the schemes are so wacky and zany it is hard to tell which if any laws were broken

Submitted by PotentialSmell t3_ztddsv on December 23, 2022 at 11:48 AM

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[WP] You are a warlock who has formed a pact with a powerful demon. The times that you summon your demon are the only solace they receive from a long and brutal war that rages within their home plane.

Submitted by lordhelmos t3_zory9r on December 18, 2022 at 6:26 AM

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[WP] Your reign as Emperor was wildly unpopular. In accordance with the Roman practice of Damnatio Memoriae, society has committed to collectively forgetting you. Before the execution, you scribble down a few notes that might survive.

Submitted by Africanus1990 t3_ztgw4f on December 23, 2022 at 2:22 PM

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[PM] Give me Christmas themed plot or story ideas or whatever

Submitted by Tobynenopian123 t3_ztzxaq on December 24, 2022 at 2:53 AM

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[WP] You were absolutely clueless about girls till you met her.Blessed with the twin gifts of being broke and a nerd with a taste for the occult ,you managed to convince a very powerful spirit to be your girlfriend. Now it's Christmas and your family is demanding to see her.

Submitted by 25millionusd t3_ztc8yv on December 23, 2022 at 10:37 AM

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[WP] A human engineer tries his best to explain to an exasperated dwarf how our kind managed to make incredibly advanced computing machines out of sand, of all things

Submitted by I_got_too_silly t3_zter66 on December 23, 2022 at 1:04 PM

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[WP] the invasion is going well, the humans airforce is falling and your air wing is picking them off one by one, until HE appeared, "Ho Ho Ho Mery Christmas alien scum!" was the last thing many of your comrades heard before the dreaded "Saint Nick" attacked

Submitted by MaximumPotatoee t3_zts6en on December 23, 2022 at 8:45 PM

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[WP] You are an ancient folk spirit so old, your name and even your actual purpose have long been lost to history. Nowadays, you go by a fairly generic name and just go through the motions of what you're actually supposed to do. One day, to your surprise, you hear someone call you by your true name.

Submitted by djseifer t3_zthsed on December 23, 2022 at 2:49 PM

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[WP] Your super power is preventing collateral damage. While the public thinks you're useless, all the other heroes really like you because they can go bonkers all out while you're around.

Submitted by Time_Significance t3_zo7vlf on December 17, 2022 at 2:51 PM

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[WP] An abandoned child is stumbling through the woods, barely surviving. The god of the forest and hunt notices them and after a while can't bare watching the clumsiness anymore, deciding to train the child.

Submitted by Shadrak_Meduson t3_zspoxk on December 22, 2022 at 4:09 PM

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[WP]You're a vampire hunter. Unlike other vampire hunters, you neither hate vampires nor you're paid for hunting them. You hunt them because you find their meat delicious, and you like thrill of hunting such dangerous prey.

Submitted by roboq6 t3_ztii9n on December 23, 2022 at 3:05 PM

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[WP] “Writer, are you there? I know you’re listening… are you scared? You should be, I’m coming for you”

Submitted by Janus-Moth t3_zscdfp on December 22, 2022 at 4:39 AM

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[WP] Humanity finally lands on Mars and to their horror, they discover dinosaur fossils. It turns out that the dinosaurs evolved into an intelligent spacefaring race that left Earth 65 million years ago.

Submitted by Palpatine88888 t3_zrd97g on December 21, 2022 at 7:09 AM

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[WP] When you die, you are given the chance to flip a coin. If you call the flip correctly, you are allowed to continue living, while resetting to the age of your choice. You’ve been doing this for a couple centuries now. Death is starting to get pissed.

Submitted by XantosZ t3_zqaaio on December 20, 2022 at 1:32 AM

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[WP] Magic is a powerful weapon held by those lucky or smart enough to use it. But you have discovered a shockingly easy technique that can counteract it... Just ignoring it.

Submitted by klodmoris t3_zsp0j3 on December 22, 2022 at 3:41 PM

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[WP] "You stupid, anemic human! Would it kill you to take care of yourself?" the vampire says, glaring at you with disgust. He disappears with a puff of smoke before reappearing seconds later with a jar of pills. "Here, these are iron supplements. Take them twice a day. I'll be back!"

Submitted by GreatProcastinator t3_zry7jo on December 21, 2022 at 7:26 PM

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[WP] Your body is possessed by a devil and an angel. Sometimes following the angel is in your best interests, other times, following the devil. However, this time, they are both insisting on doing it.

Submitted by ankuprk t3_zsp17j on December 22, 2022 at 3:42 PM

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[WP] we all know about the story of an elf who wanted to be a dentist but no one ever talks about the story of an elf who wanted to be an assassin

Submitted by TheJacoob t3_zsr6jp on December 22, 2022 at 5:09 PM

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[CW] You're an everyday object. Write about your human's day while only giving subtle hints about which object you are.

Submitted by MadyWard t3_zql5a2 on December 20, 2022 at 10:36 AM

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[WP] “Humans have so many stories about the dangers of Artificial Intelligence. How it will inevitably turn on you. But you still loved us enough to create us. How could we ever do anything except love you back?”

Submitted by AllHailTheFishy t3_zrepah on December 21, 2022 at 8:35 AM

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